Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. If ‘F’ is the fixed cost, ‘V’ is the variable cost per unit (or total variable costs) and ‘P’ is the selling price of each unit (or total sales value), then break-even point is equal to
- (A) (F × V)/P
- (B) (F × P)/V
- (C) F/[1 + (V/P)]
- (D) F/[1 - (V/P)]
2. The critical path of a network represents
- (A) The minimum time
required for completion of project
- (B) The maximum time
required for completion of project
- (C) Maximum cost required
for completion of project
- (D) Minimum cost required
for completion of project
3. The break-even point represents
- (A) The most economical
level of operation of any industry
- (B) The time when unit
can run without i loss and profit
- (C) Time when industry
will undergo loss
- (D) The time when company
can make maximum profits
4. One of the basic essentials of an incentive plan is that
- (A) A differential piece
rate system should exist
- (B) Minimum wages should
be guaranteed
- (C) Provide incentive to
group efficiency performance
- (D) All standards should
be based on time studies
5. Inventory control in production, planning and control aims at
- (A) Achieving optimization
- (B) Ensuring against
market fluctuations
- (C) Acceptable customer
service at low capital investment in inventory
- (D) Discounts allowed in
bulk purchase
6. The allowed time for a job equals standard time plus
- (A) Policy allowance
- (B) Interference
allowance
- (C) Process allowance
- (D) Learning allowance
7. Value engineering aims at finding out the
- (A) Depreciation value of
a product
- (B) Resale value of a
product
- (C) Major function of the item and
accomplishing the same at least cost without change in quality
- (D) Break-even point when
machine requires change
8. A-B-C analysis
- (A) Is
a basic technique of materials management
- (B) Is
meant for relative inventory control
- (C) Does
not depend upon the unit cost of the item but on its annual consumption
- (D) All of the
above
9. Break-even analysis can be used for
- (A) Short run analysis
- (B) Long run analysis
- (C) Average of above two
run analysis
- (D) There is no such
criterion
10. A big advantage of PERT over Gantt charts is that in the former case
- (A) Activities and events
are clearly shown
- (B) Early start and late
finish of an activity are clearly marked
- (C) Activity times are
clear
- (D) Interrelationship
among activities is clearly shown
11. In manufacturing management, the term 'Dispatching' is used to describe
- (A) Dispatch
of sales order
- (B) Dispatch
of factory mail
- (C) Dispatch
of finished product of the user
- (D) Dispatch of
work orders through shop floor
12. PERT analysis is based on
- (A) Optimistic time
- (B) Pessimistic time
- (C) Most likely time
- (D) All of the above
13. Actual performance of a task is called
- (A) An event
- (B) An activity
- (C) A duration
- (D) None of
these
14. Break-even analysis shows profit when
- (A) Sales revenue > total cost
- (B) Sales revenue = total cost
- (C) Sales revenue < total cost
- (D) Variable cost <
fixed cost
15. Gantt charts are used for
- (A) Forecasting sales
- (B) Production schedule
- (C) Scheduling and
routing
- (D) Linear programming
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